Testicular cancer occurs in the male testicles. This kind of cancer primarily appears in younger men between the ages of 20 to 40. It is a treatable and usually curable type of cancer. Treatments often include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
Testicular cancer is the cancer of the male testicles. It means that there is malignant growth of new body tissue in the testicles. It typically develops in one or both testicles in men at a young age – between 20 and 40 years old. It is rare and can be effectively treated if discovered early.
The exact causes of testicular cancer are still unknown. However, it is known that some conditions may increase the risk of having the cancer, such as 1) cryptorchism (undescended testicle), 2) testicular cancer in the family and 3) history of infertility. Testicular cancer mostly happens to men between 20 to 40 years old, but men at any age may have it. The two common types of testicular cancer are: 1) Seminoma: this type grows slowly and it is typically located only in the testes, however there is a risk that it may spread to the lymph nodes. 2) Non-seminoma: this type is more common than Seminoma and grows faster than seminoma. Symptoms for testicular cancer are usually an unpainful swelling of one of the testicles and sometimes some pain.
Treatments of testicular cancer include the surgical removal of the testis affected with cancer as well as nearby lymph nodes. In Seminoma, radiation therapy is often prescribed after surgery to lower the recurrence rates, and in non-seminoma, chemotherapy is usually more successful. Before any therapy, the semen of the young patients is usually frozen in case they become infertile after the treatment. The majority of testicular cancers can be cured.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
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